Coin-receptacle.



I i* ."Inoved from the bank `upon opening thereof UNITED 'STATESv`IljArENr OFFICE.

WILLIAM H. wOOLUMs, or CHICAGO, ILLINOIs-AssIeNOR TO SUPERIOR BANKCOMPANY, OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

No. 814,821". y

GOIN-RECEITACLE.-

Patented March 13, i906.

Be it known-that I, WILLIAM H. WoOLUMs,

Improvement in CoinReceptacles, of which the following is a full, clear,concise, and eX- act description, reference. being hadto the accompanymgdrawings, forming a part of this specification.

'My invention relates to money-receptacles f l, or savings-banks into:which" coins mayV be readily dropped or slipped through theinletopeningfbu-t automatically"prevented from being removed from thisopening and only reby a key or other lock mechanism. I A

' The receptacle or bank of 'm invention n and the novel featuresthereof wil behest understood by reference to the accompanying fldrawings, in which- Fi ure lis an end view of the bank, showing t einlet-openin,g\;.- Figf2 is an end view of thev cover being broken awayto reveal thereof, showing the bank partly opened and showing thearrangement of the inlet-opening. Fig.` .Bis an4 end view of the bank,part parts of the ,locking mechanism. Fig. 4 is a j topview of the bank,part of the cover bein bodymember 1 and t e cover 2hinge'd there- 40'vjremoved vto show the locking mechanism an j `thefI'nar'i'neroffengagement of' a key there- Fig, 5 isa sectional view taken 'Online 5ofFigf4. f- Fig`. 6 is a sectional view 'takeny on line .G6-,fof Fig.4,the cover being partially.

raise/dL-zlFig -7-'is a plan v'ew of formlof key which may bey employed,nd Fig. 8-isa sectional viewtaken-on line f8 8 of Fig. 7.

The bank isrectan ularfand consists ofthe to` by hinge mechanism 3at'one en'd thereof. The body portion is surrounded by a bead 4, so thatwhen the cover isclosed thisbead will l extend symmetrically around thecentral line of the bank, thus giving a good appearance,

besidesforming an' abutment for the edge of the` cover.

.both be stamped integrally from sheet mate- The. body part .and covermay 'terial--such as tin, for instance. At the front endof-the body partand at the upper edge thereofis cut the slot 5, which is. partly closedwhen` the .cover is shut, there beingl "then left a thin slotId,'f'l,through whichucoins sists'of the catch-frange 7 `andthelocklframe base-wal 8, secured, respectively, to the body land coverparts. The catch frame may be stampedl integrally from sheet materialand consists'of the base-wall 9 and the side walls 10 and 11, and in theside wall -10 is a slot 12, and inthe side wall 11 is a slot 13, theseslots being arranged opposite veach other, and the portions over theslots are lcut away and shaped to form detents 14 and 15. The lockframemay. also be stamped integrally from sheet material and consistsofthebase-wall 16, the side walls 17.-and 18, and the front wall `19, whichform a rectangular'compartment.l Slots 20 and 21`are -out, respectively,in the side walls 17 and 18, through which slots the ends of thelocking-bar 22 extend.

' Extending between the center of this locking- .bar and secured to'some point of the locking frame 01;, cover is a spiral spring 23, whoseI tendency is to maintain thev ends of the locking-bar against the rearof the slots 20 and 2] The detents 14 and 15 are rounded down- 1wardly'l toward the entrance of the slots 12 and 13, andv upon closureof the cover the ends of thelockingbar engage these 'sloping surfaces,and upon pressure of the cover toward iinalclosure the locking-bar isdrawn forwardly until the ends enter the slots 1 2 and 13 the lookin,-frame at the same time passing between t e side walls`14 and 15 of thelcatch-frame. The bank will now be locked 4and cannot beopened until thebar is-withe drawn to' release the ends thereof from the detents 14 and15. The base-wall of the catch-frame may be continuous with the lower ede of theentrance-opening 6, and the dof the locking-frame may becontinuous with the'upper end of the entrance-opening when the cover isclosed, these walls, with the Aside walls7 and 8, then forming apassage- Likewise the pivot-bearings 26 may be. j I

stamped integrally with the bas'efwall of the locking-frame and a ytrap-door '27 vpivoted thereto'.` These trap-doors swing loosely,

and when ,thel bank is closed and in positison Awith the cover on top,as shown in Fig. .5, the f 1'05 trap-door 25 will be down andthetrap-door loo 27 will also-be down and will closethe inner end of theentrance assageway, and an coins dropping'towar the passage-way wi l thepassage-ay opening, and the coins will again be deflected and preventedfrom escape. Thus at all times either one of these trap-doors 1s inpositlon before the entrance passage-way to prevent escapeof the coins.

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,disengaged from its detent.

The locking-bar may also be stamped from sheet material, as best showninFig. 4, and the 'edges which engage with the detents of the catch-framemaybe beveled, as shown. This bar at the ends may also be provided withextensions 28,'whieh engage the side walls 1() and l1 to prevent lateraldisplacement Aof the bar. the small hole 29 for receiving the end of thespring 23, whose other end may conveniently be secured to the pivot-rod3() of the trapdoor 27.

I shall now describe the means for unlocking the box. As best shown inFig. 4, the base-wall of thelocking mechanism is provided withrectangular openings or slots 31 and 32, leading into the lock-framecompartment and disposed across the locking-bar. The key (best shown inFigs. 7 and 8) consists of the body part 33, provided at its ends withthe extensions 34 and 35. The end of the key may pass through theentrance-opening 6.and the extensions 34 and 35 brought through theslots 31 and 32 to the rear of the locking-bar, and a straight pull uponthe key will bring the locking-bar ends forwardly beyond the detents 14and 15, whereupon the cover may be opened, the key, besides releasingthe bar, serving also as a handle for the cover, and when the cover hasbeen raised the key can be'readily removed. This locking mechanismcannot very readily be opened by objects such as button-hooks, knives,or the like usually carriedabout the person; 'but a more or lessspecially-shaped key arrangement with two prongs or extensions isnecessary. If a single hook, wire, or other object were inserted throughone of the slots, only one end of the locking-bar would be of the bar,however, would be more firmly held below its detent by the increased tension of the spring 23, and the bank could not be opened. The length ofthe slots 31 and 32 is also limited, so that a` straight forward pull onthe key is necessary to simultaneously disengage both ends of the bar. Ithus provide a coin-rece tacle or savings-bank of very simple landpinexpensive construction into which coins may be readily dropped, butfrom which the coins are automatically blocked against escape and inwhich the unlocking mechanism is such that it cannot 'be picked andopened with ordinary pulls or appliances, but requiresspecial keymechanism, whlch key mechanism, however, 1s extremely At the center ofthe bar is l The other end simple and readily'stamped integrally fromsheet material.

Modifications within the scope of the claims may readilybe made in theconstruction and arrangement of the parts, and I do not, therelore, wishto be limited to this exact arrangement shown.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a coin-receptacle or savings-bank,V

the combination with a body part having a4 wall thereof for the entranceof slot through a coins, of a cover hinged thereto, a detent disposedwithin the body part at each side of said entrance-slot, a locking-barsupported at the interior on the cover, a spring engaging between thecenter of said locking-bar and a stationary part of the cover, the endsof said bar being adapted upon engagement of the cover with the bodypart to be en aged by the detents and to be thereafter held ingengagement with the detents by means of said spring, and a key adaptedfor insertion through the entrance-opening for releasing said bar fromthe detents whereby said cover may be opened.

2. In a coin-receptacle or savings-bank, the combination with a bodypart having a slot in one wall thereof for the entrance of coins, of acover hinged thereto, a detentframe secured within the body part behindthe entrance-opening, detents on said frame, a locking-frame secured.within the cover and adapted to fit within the datent-frame uponclosure of the cover, a locking-bar within said locking-frame, and asprin engaging an intermediary point of the loc ing-bar and said frame,the ends of said locking-bar being adapted for engagement in the detentsupon closure of the cover and to be thereafter held in lockingengagement by means of said spring, there beinor openings into saidlockingame near said locking-bar whereby said locking-bar may be engagedbya key inserted through the entrance-opening and removed from lockingengagement with the dctents.

3. In a coin-receptacle or savings-bank, the combination with a bodypart having a slot through a wall thereof for the entrance of coins, ofa cover hinged thereto, a detentframe within the body part, detents onsaid frame, one at each side of the entrance-opening, a locking-haine inthe cover of the receptacle, said locking-frame being adapted to engagewithin the detent-frame upon closure of the cover to form an entrancepassage-way for coins entering through the slot, a lookin bar within thelocking-frame, the ends of said bar extending outwardly .from the sidesof said lockingrame, and la spring engaging said locking-bar and saidlocking-frame, the ends of said locking-bar being moved into lockingengagement with the detenta upon closure of the cover and held inlockinven- IOS IIO

gagement by means of said spring, said lock- 13o ing-bar being adaptedto be engaged by. a key entering through said entrance-slot yto beWithdrawn from locking engagement with the detents to allow opening ofthe cover. l

5 4. Inl a coin-receptacle or savings-bank, the combination with a bodymember stamped integral from sheet material and having aslot through awall thereof, a cover hinged thereto, a `lJ-sliaped detent-framestampedof sheet material and secured within the body part and extendingrearwardly from the entranceslot, detents provided in the side walls ofsaid `frame, one at each side 4of the'ent'rance-slot, an inclosedlocking-framey stamped integral of sheet material and secured within thecover, 'said `locking-frame being adapted upon closure of the coverto-iit within the detentframe and to form therewith a passage-way towardthe interior of the box from the entrance-slot, a locking-bar within thelookingframe, theends of saidlocking-bar extending from thelocking-frame7 and a spring secured to the middle of the locking-bar andto the locking-frame, closure of the box causing the lookin -bar ends toform locking enga ement with t e detents and to be held in suc lockingengagement'by the action of said spring, there being openings through-said lockingframe through which lookin members of a key may enter toengage theocking-,bar and t'o cause unlocking engagement thereof fromthe detents, saidkey entering through the entrance-opening andpassage-way, .N 5. In a coin-receptacle or savings-bank, the combinationwith a body member-stamped inte' ral. of sheet materiaf and having anin- 'let-s ot through one' wall thereof, of a cover part hinged theretoand also stamped integral of sheet material, a locking-frame within the,cover part near the' inlet-opening, a U- shaped' locking-frame stampedintegral of sheet material and disposed within the cover behind theinlet opening, detents on said frame7 an inclosed locking-frame stampedento iitwithin the detent/-frame upon closure of the cover to forma-passage-Way for'the coins to the interior of the receptacle, saidlocking-frame having-slots in its sides, a locking-bar vwithin thelocking-frame having its ends extending through said slots, and a springengaging" said locking-bar-at an intermediary pdint and connected withthe locking-frame, said locking-,barends being adapted upon closureofthe box to pass into .locking en agement "with the detent and to be heldin oc ing 'engagement therewith b means of said spring,there beingopeningst ,ou hr the basewall of the locking-frame below l bar,l and akey adapted for insertion through the entranceopening lor passage wayand having locking membersfor passing through the openings in saidlocking-frame for enga ement withv the locking-bar, actuation of t etirely of sheet material vand disposed within the cover part, saidlocking-frame being adapted.

e lockingkey causing the locking-bar to be removed from lockingengagement with the detents whereby the receptacle may be opened.

' 6. In a coin-receptacle or savings-bank, the combination with a bodypart, of a cover part hinged thereto, said body part having a notch cutin theupper edge of one wall thereof to form an entrance-slot when thecover is `closed, associated locking mechanism within the cover part andbody part adapted to auof, and a4 key adapted for insertion through saidslot and into engagement wlth tne loc ing mechanism to unlock saidmechanism, said key serving also as a means for raising the cover afterunlocking thereof.4

7. In. acoin-receptacle or a savings-bank,

.tomaticallylock the cover u on closure therethe combination with a bodypart, of a cover part hinged thereto, there .being -a slot through oneside of the receptacle for the enrior of the` cover part, said lockingmechanism being disposedbefore said slot to lock 'the cover to the bodypart and adapted to be unlocked by a key inserted into said slot, movedupwardly and pulled outwardly.

8. In a' coin-receptacle or savings-bank,

trance of coins, lock mechanism at the' inte'- the combination with abody part, having a slot through one wall for the entrance of coins, ofacover hinged thereto, a detentframe secured WithinV the body part behindthe v entranceopening, detents extending from the side walls of thedetent-frame, a lock-frame secured within the cover and adaptedl to itwithin said detent-frame upon closure of the cover ,'a locking-barwithin the IOO locking-frame, theends ofthe said lockingv lbarextending. through the side walls of said locking-frame and adapted uponclosure of the receptacle to engage the detents of the detent-frame tolock the receptacle:

9. Ina coin-rece tacleor savings-bank, ythe combination wit abody part,having a slot through one wall for the entrance of coins, of a covervhinged thereto, a 'detentframe secured wlthin the body Ipart behind theentrance'- opening, detents extending from the side walls of thedetent-frame, al

lock -frame secured Within the cover and adapted to fit Within thedatent-frame upon 'closure of the cover, a locking-bar exten ing IISthrough the Side wWlocking-frame i and adapted lpon re of the receptacleto en age the letents ofl the detent-frame'to lock 'i pivoted at a pointbetween its en s.

10. In a coin-rece t'acle or savings-bank,

the combination wit j a body part, halg'a" slot through one wall for theentrance of coins, of `a cover hinged theetcn/a detentframe securedwithin the o y part behind e receptacle, said bar bein yieldingly' theentrance-opening, detents extending from the side Wall of thedetent-frame, a ed within 'the 4`cover and adapted tot Within saiddetent-frame upon closure of the` eover, a locking-har ext-endingthrough the side walls of said locking-frame and adapted upon elosure ofthe reeeptaele to engage the detents of the detent-franie to loek thereceptacle, center of the bar for retainin} l gageinent with the detentsand a ke)v having actuating extensions, there being openings through theloeking-fraine in register with the bar for receiving the actuatingextensions upon insertion of the ke)v in the slot, withdrawal of theke)v causing said har to be released from said detents'against theaction of said spring.

11. ln a coin-receptacle or savings-bank, the combination with a bodypart', having a slot through one wall for the entrance of coins, of arover hinged thereto, a detentfraine secured within the hotlyr partbehind the entrance-vopening, detents extending from the side walls ofthe detent-ranie, a lock-frame secured Within the cover and adapted toi'it within said detent-franie upon a spring pivoted to the said har inenclosure of the cover, a looking-bar extending through the side Wallsof said locking-frame and adapted upon closure of the receptacle toengage the detents of the detent-fraine to look the reee itaele, aspring pivoted to thel center of the )ar for retaining said har inengagement with the detents and a key having actuating extensions, thereheilig openings through the locking-frame in register with the bar forreceiving the actuating extensions upon insertion of the key in theslot, withdrawal of the key causing said har to be released froin'saiddetents against the action of said spring, said key after disengagementof the locking-bar froin the detents serving also as a .means forraising the eover.

In witness whereof I hereunto subserihe iny name this 18th day ofAugust, A. I).

VVIIJLIAM H. WOOLUMS. Witnesses:

CiiARLEs J. SCHMIDT, HARVEY L. HANSON.

